Amazon confirmed third-party Alexa speakers will gain Apple Music integration too

Amazon on Wed confirmed that Alexa-enabled speakers from third-party makers volition shortly move able to integrate alongside Apple Music though the online retailer didn’t laid upwards a timeline.

As a result, wireless speakers from manufacturers such every bit Sonos, JBL, Ultimate Ears too First Alert are probable to gain Apple Music back upwards alongside a firmware update. AppleInsider today spotted a tweet from Mashable’s Raymond Wong, who wrote that Amazon had confirmed to him that Apple Music would move coming to “other Alexa-enabled devices inwards the future”.

Amazon surprised watchers concluding Fri yesteryear announcing Apple Music integration for its ain delineate of Echo wireless speakers sold inwards the U.S. ahead of schedule, including Echo, Echo Dot, Echo Show too Echo Spot. Upon linking Apple Music alongside their Amazon trouble organisation human relationship inwards the Alexa app for iOS, customers tin number a vocalism command to Alexa asking the assistant to play a specific vocal or playlist on Apple Music or melody inwards to Beats 1 radio.

9to5Mac has to a greater extent than on how this works:

Once you lot connect your Apple Music trouble organisation human relationship to Alexa, you lot tin laid upwards the music service every bit your default music library rootage too default music station source. This lets you lot asking music from Apple Music without telling Alexa which service to role each time.

Apple Music on Alexa has access to your personal music library including playlists that you lot create or add together to your library from Apple Music, although at that spot are to a greater extent than or less features that Apple Music on Echo lacks that HomePod supports.

For example, I couldn’t add together a vocal playing on an Apple Music station to my library alongside Alexa on Apple Music playing on Echo. I also can’t successfully play music manually added to Apple Music from my ain collection.

Alexa tin command playback, nation you lot most currently playing music, too fifty-fifty play Apple Music on speaker groups that you lot create inwards the Alexa app.

You tin also enquire Alexa to play to a greater extent than songs similar the electrical current rails too it volition switch to your personalized station on Apple Music. Alexa also supports features that only aren’t available on HomePod similar setting alarms to music which truly industrial plant alongside Apple Music on Echo speakers. Amazon also supports music automation through a characteristic called Routines.

If you’re interested to larn fifty-fifty more, Mashable has the amount review.

Curiously, Apple is advertising Apple Music back upwards on Amazon Echo speakers alongside Alexa vocalism control. Not exclusively is the companionship actively promoting the Alexa app inwards an App Store even out titled “Alexa, play Apple Music” but elsewhere, too.

Interestingly enough, Alexa integration includes whatever tunes inwards your iCloud Music Library but you’ll demand to add together them to a playlist kickoff inwards instance they’re non constitute on Apple Music.

“Individual, menage unit of measurement too pupil Apple Music plans are all supported,” reads Apple’s story. “What’s more, you lot tin play uploaded music inwards your iCloud Music Library that is no inwards the Apple Music catalog yesteryear adding it to a playlist—Alexa volition meet it too grip everything from there.”

Amazon Echo is mentioned inwards a support document listing supported devices for Apple Music. And concluding but sure non least, Apple has fifty-fifty pushed unsolicited notifications to to a greater extent than or less customers inwards society to promote availability of Apple Music on Amazon Echo devices.

The notification seems to convey irked users who are non interested inwards the features that Apple is promoting because there’s no manner of stopping it without disabling all notifications for the Music app inwards Settings → Notifications → Music.

This is hardly novel because it’s non the kickoff fourth dimension Apple has sent out unsolicited notifications to user to advertise their ain products too services—and why shouldn’t they, really?

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